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French President Francois Hollande arrived in central Mali Saturday, three weeks after French forces launched their intervention against Islamist militants in the African country. Mr. Hollande, accompanied by the defense and development ministers, flew into the town of Sevare, and … read more »
TIMBUKTU, Mali — Zahby Ould Ibrahim’s general store was looted to the studs this week. The horde that descended upon it took not just the shop’s stock of pots, pans and bedding but the electric sockets, the light bulbs and … read more »
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On January 14 King Mohammed VI received a phone call from the French President, Francois Hollande, said the Royal Cabinet in a statement. On this occasion, the two leaders assessed and exchanged views on the situation in Mali in particular … read more »
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Mali’s president has named a longtime public servant as the country’s new prime minister, hours after the position’s former occupant was arrested and forced to resign by the soldiers behind a spring coup. The presidential decree read on state television … read more »
An official of Mali’s interim government said radical Islamists who are in control of the country’s north have no place in a new national unity government. The government, announced Monday, comprises 31 ministers, including five believed to be supporters of … read more »
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Mali has announced a new government of national unity, five months after a military coup ousted the country’s elected government. The new government replaces a transitional government created in April that was plagued by infighting. It has 31 posts and … read more »
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Mali’s interim president, Dioncounda Traore, reappointed his prime minister on Sunday, calling upon him to name a new government of national unity within 72 hours to form a united front against Islamists in the north. Once considered a democratic success … read more »
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Analysis Addis Abeba — Mali has until recently been regarded as one of the most politically stable countries in West Africa. However, since the fall of the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi last year and the coup d’état on 22 … read more »
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A couple who had sex outside marriage has been stoned to death at the weekend by Islamists in the town of Aguelhok in northern Mali, officials say. The man and woman were buried up to their necks, then pelted with … read more »
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Mali’s interim President Dioncounda Traore has called for talks with militant Islamists who have captured the north. He made the call in his first national address after returning last week following a two-month absence. He had been recovering in Paris … read more »
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Mali’s interim president Dioncounda Traore returned to Bamako on Friday amid tight security. He stayed for two months in Paris for medical treatment after he was attacked by a mob in his office. “I forgive my attackers,” the 70-year-old said … read more »
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The top Ecowas mediator, Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore, told the meeting of politicians, religious and trade union leaders that a new government must “confront the terrorist peril in the north”. Ecowas chairman Alassane Ouattara, the president of Cote d’Ivoire, … read more »
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Dakar – A Malian journalist missing for two weeks emerged on Friday, telling AFP he had been held by the state security service and freed earlier this week, but stayed silent until now to protect his family. Babi Ahbi, editor … read more »
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The leader of Mali’s March 22 coup condemned the beating up of the interim president by pro-putchist demonstrators and called on Tuesday for a peaceful transition of power in the West African country. Caretaker President Dioncounda Traore suffered minor head … read more »
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Washington – The US State Department on Friday called on the officer who led a military coup in Mali in March to step aside and allow for the full return to civilian rule. The State Department said the coup leaders … read more »
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A labour activist turned political grandee, Mali’s Dioncounda Traore will be sworn in as interim president on Thursday with the job of pulling his West African country back from the brink of collapse. As speaker of national parliament, he inherits … read more »
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Mali’s new interim president took office Thursday, returning the country to constitutional rule three weeks after mutinous soldiers overthrew the nation’s democratically elected leader in a coup. Dioncounda Traore, who heads the country’s national assembly, is to serve … read more »
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Bamako – Mali’s parliament speaker will be sworn in as interim president on Thursday, ending a brief period of military rule that saw Tuareg rebels and Islamists seize half of the west African country. The Constitutional Court formally approved the … read more »
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The Economic Community of West African States has lifted sanctions against Mali, saying it is convinced the leaders of a military coup are committed to restoring constitutional rule. ECOWAS communications director Sonny Ugoh told VOA the military’s efforts have been … read more »
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BAMAKO — Dioncounda Traore, set to become Mali’s interim president, is a 70-year-old mathematician who described himself as a “political leader” but not a “politician.” Traore was chosen to oversee his country’s return to democratic rule following March 22 army … read more »
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Amadou Toumani Toure, Mali’s president, resigned on Sunday, paving the way for the soldiers who ousted him in a coup to stick by a deal to restore civilian rule and hand power to the president of the National Assembly. Neighbouring … read more »
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